Iron Man 2

What a pity.
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noel

Viewer Rating:noel has rated Iron Man 2 rating: 2 Star

ironman 2:Its easy to see that ironman 2 is excatly that part 2 of 3 and how its suffers for it, too many characters that dont really have much to do except fill in the beats too a not very funny script and not very exciting action sequences, it still suffers from the same problem as the first, which was how to balance the two persona of tony/ironman this however has the added problem of all the 3 suited characters, too many actors looking for screen time which only compounds the problem. The story for what it is is merely a midway point of a 3 picture story, its a rather simple one that ultimately fails too deliver on a promising opening act that was the first movie, no suprise when the 3rd part is more of the same glossy and forgetfu. Disappointing on the whole which is a pity. Wont be looking forward to the 3rd!!! Oh and why does Sam Rockwell go 3 different shades of tango throughout the movie? Too many cooks spoil the broth.

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02 May 2010 16:20

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